Duke Ashot II of Armenia

Duke Ashot II of Armenia (685-762) was the duke of Bagratid Armenia from 726 to 749, succeeding Duke Smbat I of Armenia and preceding Duke Sahak of Armenia.

Biography
Ashot was born in 685 to the House of Bagrationi, an Armenian noble family. Ashot succeeded his father Duke Smbat I of Armenia in 726 upon his death, and he won the favor of the Umayyad Caliphate by defeating a rebel governor. In 750, after the Umayyad Revolution, he was blinded by his rival Grigor Mamikonian, and he was forced to abdicate in the favor of his son Duke Sahak of Armenia. He died in 762 at the age of 77, a year after Sahak's death.